Youth

Youth's narrator, a student in 1950s South Africa, has long been plotting an escape from his native country. Studying mathematics, reading poetry, saving money, he tries to ensure that when he arrives in the real world he will be prepared to experience life to its full intensity, and transform it into art.

Naratorul lui Youth, student in Africa de Sud din anii 1950, planuieste de multa vreme o evadare din tara sa natala. Studiind matematica, citind poezie, economisind bani, el incearca sa se asigure ca, atunci cand va ajunge in lumea reala, va fi pregatit sa experimenteze viata la intensitatea ei deplina si sa o transforme in arta.